with you. i'm anne-marie green. president trump is here in new york city this morning for a three-day visit to the united nations. a whistleblower complaint about mr. trump's conversation with the ukrainian president threatens to overshadow the trip. democrats are demanding details of president trump's phone call to the ukrainian leader this summer. laura podesta's here in new york. what exactly is the president saying about this call? >> reporter: well, president trump defended his call to ukraine's president earlier this summer. he called it absolutely perfect, that it was congratulatory and focused on corruption in ukraine. but mr. trump also suggested he discussed vice president biden and biden's son in that call. democrats frame those actions as an effort to pressure ukraine to dig up damaging material on trump's potential 2020 rival. president trump arrived in new york last night ahead of the united nations general assembly. the u.n. held its first youth climate summit this weekend after millions marched around the world. >> we showed that we are united and that we young people

newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, it's the latest setback in a bid to end america's longest war. president trump abruptly called off peace talks with the taliban and afghan leaders at camp david. mr. trump says the talks w woul have taken place this past weekend but were canceled after a taliban bombing killed an american soldier last week in kabul. laura podesta is here in new york. what is the status of the talks now then? >> reporter: well, at this point it's not clear when negotiations with the taliban might resume. and democrats and republicans say that's a good thing. they don't think leaders of the taliban can come to be trusted to a peace agreement anyway. president trump took to twitter to reveal that senior leaders of the taliban had been invited to camp david along with the president of afghanistan. the summit was aimed at fulfilling one of mr. trump's key campaign promises -- ending the nearly 18-year war against the taliban. the talks were called off when a u.s. soldier died in a suicide bombing in kabul on thursd

in u.s. aid. tonight, the speaker saying the president has seriously violated the constitution. mary bruce live on the hill. >>> tonight, president trump calling this a witch hunt. saying the transcript of that call with ukraine's new president will be made public tomorrow. saying that call was, quote, perfect. and tonight, we have news of a phone call between president jon karl standing by.i. >>> the other major news this tuesday night, the tropical storm slamming puerto rico at this hour, and the new track. will this effect the east coast? >>> the stunning images in court today from that night the dallas police officer, who claimed she was tired and confused, when she entered the wrong apartment and killed the man she thought was an intruder. it was his apartment. >>> tonight, the 40-foot narco sub intercepted by the u.s. coast guard, trying to sneak into the u.s. what was found inside. >>> and the horrific helicopter crash on new york city's east river. and tonight here, the transcripts. what the passengers in their final seconds said. one passenger trapped in a harness asking, "h

the controversial figure president trump met with. mary bruce leading us off from the hill. >> reporter: tonight, the tentacles of this crisis are spreading. questions about who in the white house spoke with the whistle-blower. what did bill barr know? and tonight, the state department under house democrats issuing a subpoena to mike pompeo. asking for documents related to ukraine, and involving rudy giuliani. he is mentioned 31 times in the whistle-blower complaint, saying they were deeply concerned about his circumvention of national e processes. the whistle-blower claims he was told state department officials spoke to giuliani, tying to contain the damage to national security. those ambassadors sought to help ukrainian officials respond from the differing messages they were receiving. giuliani says the state department asked him to participate. >> i've uncovered information that the swamp has been covering up for years. and the statement department asked me to do this. >> to the best of my knowledge, each of the actions that were undertaken by statement department offici

opportunity. my sister used to go to school in seventh grade and one of the friends was mary loune robinson who happened to been a goddaughter to your dad. i've often wondered whatever happened we put mary lou. my sister is now gone. she died from pancreatic cancer but i was a tomboy and i love playing baseballas so i am watching this broadcast and i thought this is the time to ask this question about mary lou. sharon: i have no idea who mary lou is. you are from connecticut? we actually lived on the east side of manhattan and my sister and mary lou colette robert wagner junior high school. on 76 street at the time. t this is going back a long time ago. it would be around for 74 years of age. now. sharon: i don't know. it seems likely would've had some family association. i don't recognize the name bill. i can't help you.. no. >> a goddaughter a friend as well. [laughter] >> i think you for the opportunity, my mother is the retired. i'm from jackson mississippi and i'm actually the sum of book of 64 baby and i have an older cousin on my mother side who saved in the negro league in

, furious speaker pelosi has taken this very rare step. jon karl and mary bruce standing by. >>> also breaking tonight, the whistle-blower's report that started it all. the person within the intelligence community who was so concerned. that report has now arrived in congress. what it reveals and what we've learned. >>> also tonight, 24 hours after president trump spoke of iran's, quote, blood lust, tonight, the president of iran in front of the world at the u.n. and right after, one-on-one with us. we press him, was iran behind the saudi oil attacks? and is the u.s. and iran now headed toward a major conflict? >>> the other news this wednesday night, tropical storm karen slamming puerto rico. and now, the loop, the turn, could it make its way right into the east coast? rob marciano with the track. >>> the developing headline at this hour. the cdc is now set to issue new and very alarming numbers. deaths and illnesses linked to vaping. and the shakeup tonight at juul. >>> and why the new "joker" movie is raising concerns about possible mass shootings. and what authorities are now sayin

. meteorologist mary lee has your wednesday forecast. how's it looking out there mary? >> we are watching our temperatures rise this afternoon and this is just the start of a warming trend for us. as we sgo through the next few days temps will continue to rise as a ridge of high pressure builds in. here is a live look with our treasure island camera. you can see blue skies out there. now let's show you our 24-hour temperature change and many locations warmer than yesterday at this te. running anywhere from 1 to 5 degrees warmer compared to yesterday at this time. so your weather headlines widespread warming begins today. 90s return inland tomorrow. the hottest temps near 100 degrees inland. we'll talk about those temps in more detail as we go through the next several days coming up back to you. >>> new at noon, a concord woman testified today to stay in the bay area to receive life-saving medical treatment. >> i'm asking congress and the administration to come together to right a wrong. this is not a partisan issue this is a humanitarian issue and our lives depend on it. >> she met with l

just had deal fatigue. and i'm not paying that fee anymore. "... mary ellen: that's pretty. i like that. lemonis: ...a family has sunk their life savings into their swimwear company... i leave here inspired by your story. ...only to find themselves out to sea. i mean, you guys are, essentially, out of business right now. that's a lot of pressure on you. there's no clear leader... charlie: i've kind of run the show. -mary lou: no. -mary ellen: [ scoffs ] lemonis: ...no design process in place... charlie: i just don't have the time. chuck: no, you did. you did. you absolutely did. lemonis: ...and now, there's no money left either. mary ellen: they have put their finances into running this company. i don't want to see you guys lose everything. mary lou: i don't want you to worry about me. lemonis: if i can't help them swim with style, it won't be long before they go under. -mary lou: i'm afraid. -lemonis: listen, listen. listen, come on. -mary lou: i'm afraid. lemonis: my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morni

mary hartnet, georgetown law, wendy w. williams, a professor emeritus at georgetown law, and her interviewer today and the interviewer, the person you know very well from npr, ms. nina totenberg. so -- [cheers and applause] the notorious rbg! [cheers and applause] >> please be seated. [applause] >> and i have to tell you before i leave the stage, i want to shake her hand. [cheers and applause] >> well, i want to give her a hug, but that would be very unprofessional. so this is quite an amazing group, and i'm very admiring of all the people who have been on line for so many hours and waiting to see the justice. there's a lot to see even though she's a pretty little person. [laughter] so how about jlo? what was -- how did that happen? >> i was called about a month or so ago by jennifer lopez, and she said she would like to meet me and introduce her fiance e, alex rodriguez. [laughter] so they came to chambers, and we had a very nice visit. she mostly wanted to ask if i had any secret about a happy marriage. but now a-rod is traveling with her to concerts all over the world. [laught

thursday or face, quote, a new level of investigation. what does that now mean? here's mary bruce on the hill. >> reporter: if the trump administration doesn't hand over the whistleblower complaint by thursday, speaker of the house nancy pelosi is now hinting at impeachment, warning, "they will be entering a grave new chapter of lawlessness which will take us into a whole new stage of investigation." now, even democrats who have resisted calls to impeach say they may have little choice. >> he may force us to go down this road. and we may very well have crossed the rubicon here. >> reporter: the inspector general determined the whistleblower's complaint was "credible" and of "urgent concern." but on twitter today, the president questioned the whistleblower's patriotism, asking, "is he on our country's side? where does he come from?" for some democrats, impeachment is long overdue. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeting, "the bigger national scandal isn't the president's lawbreaking it is the democratic party's refusal to impeach him for it." while republican leaders? largely sile

phenomenon george described, where some group is defined as other, as threatening, and that mary's a similar or -- that marries an analogous set of grievances and another -- in and other nations. not that they import the same concerns, but it leads to a head nod where i have the same kind of concerns about my society. rebecca: on wednesday of -- george: on wednesday of this a paperl be releasing that looks at white supremacy across the globe and we document across europe and north america where we have seen the import and export of the ideology. there are significant ideological hubs of this within north america. we track this across europe, western europe, et cetera. look for more detailed answer to that, that is 30 pages on wednesday of this week. seth: digestible. 30 -- not 300 pages, 30. rebecca, you get the last word if you wanted. rebecca: to george's point, this is a global problem and we are confronting it together. i look forward to hearing the conversation. seth: if you could join me in thanking our panel. [applause] seth: we have tried to keep this up for suzanne and her p

park where they're just playing the "godfather" theme over and over. >> mary: i think most thoughtful sicilians are disgusted by this. [ singing "godfather" theme ] >> anthony: imagine that waking up every day. as one bus after another filled with japanese tourists go up there. "oh look, michael corleone got married there. oh, it's so fantastic!" [ laughter ] ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la ♪ >> anthony: it's one of the most beautiful places in europe. a place whose roots are very much the roots of the town where i live. but somehow i've never been able to get it right. to tell the story, any story, of sicily. it's the biggest island in the mediterranean. two main towns are palermo and catania on opposite sides. i've done a show in palermo before. it was an epic goat rodeo. a failure of humiliating scale. this time i was go

deora frances bodley bruce douglas boehm mary catherine murphy boffa nicholas andrew bogdan darren christopher bohan lawrence francis boisseau vincent m. boland, jr. alan bondarenko andre bonheur, jr. >> and my twin brother, we miss you dearly. hardly a day goes by where we don't laugh at something you said or did or we don't wish you were with us. if you were here you would be so proud of how sheryl, rachel, sofi have grown. and we are so sorry that some of them never got to meet you. we miss and love you, ian. klaus bothe carol marie bouchard j. howard boulton francisco eligio bourdier thomas harold bowden, jr. donna m. bowen kimberly s. bowers veronique nicole bowers larry bowman shawn edward bowman, jr. kevin l. bowser gary r. box gennady boyarsky pamela boyce allen p. boyle michael boyle alfred j. braca sandra conaty brace kevin hugh bracken sandy waugh bradshaw sandy waugh bradshaw david brian brady alexander braginsky nicholas w. brandemarti daniel raymond brandhorst michelle renee bratton bravo ronald michael breitweiser >> thank you, david, for sharing his legacy all over

familiar story, a lot of my students don't know who mary mccarthy is. what are you doing with the question of ideology and culture in that chapter? >> mary mccarthy in the mid 60s and she wrote a book called the group which was an unbelievable best seller, hugely popular and transformed into a movie and she was -- she moved to parent under purse and married his state department official. she was opposed to the vietnam war. she is a left-wing isolationist which is quite a young woman and it was a disaster. she got herself out as a reporter, she didn't know a grenade from a pomegranate. [laughter] but she got there relatively recently york review of books and she wrote magnificent pieces from the saigon, she was a tough cookie, mary mccarthy in flu through the rhetoric and pacification and cleansing and attacked a lot of u.s. policies as the level of language, interesting stuff. then she went back again and she went to hanoi, north vietnam, that computed for herbert shandon looking for stories against the american interest and then in hanoi she found herself having to battle her own

still early the conflict line runs through their family they support the protests but mary is the daughter of a policeman and stella's fiance serves in the riot police i have been depressed since it all began in june i feel my position is truly and. since the beginning police have been accused of using excessive violence on protesters the longer the protests last the more aggressive both sides become videos of cornice men abusing protesters regularly go viral and angered many people stella's says that she and her fiance have agreed to discuss things as calmly as possible. but sometimes they become angry and confront him more aggressively then he just answers that he was not on the spot and did not see what was happening so he cannot judge. they have agreed to meet us on the condition of anonymity stella and mary are not their real names they fear repercussions for their relatives in the police force but they could also become a target of radical protestors in hong kong on the internet people say the families of policeman should burn in hell come on i didn't do anything wrong why s

headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> well, hurricane dorian regained strength overnight and is headed to the carolinas. dorian is now a category 3 storm. hurricane watches and warnings are posted along the southeast coast, and more than 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate the carolinas. more than a foot of rain could fall on coastal communities there. hilary lane is in atlantic beach, florida. hilary, florida seems to have been spared, but the bahamas are dealing with the aftermath of dorian. >> reporter: anne-marie, the hurricane tore through the bahamas with the power of an ef-4 tornado. neighborhoods were leveled. 24 people are confirmed dead. here in the u.s. attention is turning toward the carolinas where they're expected to get a direct hit from dorian. the full impact of dorian on the bahamas is becoming clear. >> our response will be day and night until the lives of our people return to some degree of normalcy. >> reporter: the u.n. says some 70,000 people are in need of aid, but reheef is now starting to come in. >> it's in

reopen. but power outages s remain of concern. in daytona beach, hilary lane. anne-marie, back over to you. >> thank you very much. >>> dorian makes its slow journey. cbs news weather producer david parkinson is tracking the storm. >> anne-marie, good morning. the storm is finally making its way furtherer north. you can see it's just offshore of daytona. it's not to say it's on the east side, but it's picking up rain. this is all we can pick up on the radar, but it us raining heavily basically from the space coast almost up to jacksonville. right now the stats are a category 2 with winds at 105. look at that. it's finally moving. it's east of daytona beach and it will start to get a move on. so by this evening it will be past the florida/georgia line as a category 2. it maintains category 2 status straight into thursday where it makes its closest brush with the north carolina and south carolina coast. notice charleston and will ming tob are in the cone for a potential landfall as a category 2 storm with winds somewhere around 105 and 110 miles an hour. as we take a look at the wind, yo

fight. mary bruce again leading us off from the hill. >> reporter: tonight, the tentacles of this crisis are spreading. questions about who in the white house spoke with the whistle-blower. questions about attorney general bill barr and what did he know? and tonight, the state department under the microscope. house democrats issuing a subpoena to secretary of state mike pompeo. >> thank you, everybody. >> reporter: lawmakers are now asking for state department documents related to ukraine. and documents involving rebecca jarvis. giuliani is mentioned 31 times in the whistle-blower complaint. saying they were deeply concerned about his circumvention of national security decision making processes to engage with ukrainian officials and relaying messages back and forth to the president. he claims the whistle-blower claims he was told state department officials spoke to giuliani, trying to contain the damage to national security. those ambassadors sought to help ukrainian leaders understand and respond to the differing messages they were receiving. giuliani insists it was the state dep

taxes saying it's a top priority to turn it blaou. they think they have a good shot at that. marie harf, welcome back. you left to help out someone. that didn't go well. i hope your return to fox goes better. thank you for your time. want the share a little bit from 2016 in texas. you look at the map right now on screen, put it up, guys. it is real red. why do you think it's even possible, marie? >> well, texas is a state that's changing, bill. we've already had five house republicans in texas announce their retirements. most are in the suburban districts that democrats in 2018 took back the house with. in places across the country, democrats took suburban districts in oklahoma city, charleston, denver across the country. there are already five house republicans in texas that see the writing on the wall and they know that these are going to be tough races for them. texas is changing. i don't think -- >> bill: he had so much money, you know, came up short with senator cruz. you might be right about the suburbs of dallas and houston. something we'll watch carefully. i don't know yet

newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> the u.s. coast guard has rescued four crew members trapped after the ship capsized off of georgia. they were pulleded yesterday afr being stuck inside the ship's hull for more than 30 hours. laura podesta has more. laura, now that these men are out, what do we know about their condition? >> hey, good morning, anne-marie green. all are described as alert and in relatively good condition. they were all able to walk with assistance but as a precaution all four were taken to the hospital to be checked out. cheers erupted as the final crew member climbed out of a capsized cargo ship monday evening. >> that is amazing, the best day of my career. >> coast guard rescuers pulled out three others earlier in the day. . >> they' in relatively good condition after having spent 34 or 35 >> they wereg po aye coasard remiion. inur cw hull to let rescue teams know where they were. captain john read says they initially weren't sure whether it was the men or cargo crashing around. >> when we found out last

studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. shortly before midnight, tens of thousands of members of the united auto workers went on strike at general motors. facilities in nine states have shut down after contract talks broke down. it's the union's first national strike in more than a decade. negotiations are supposed to start up again later on this morning. and laura podesta is here in new york. do we know how far apart the two sides are right now? >> repter:ell,ccording to the union's vice president, they are very far apart on a deal for a new four-year contract. that's why the decision to strike was made. it's not an easy decision either because during this time gm workers will make a strike wage of just $250 a week. [ cheers ] general motors workers across the country walked off the job at midnight. more than 49,000 members of the united auto workers went on strike after contract negotiations failed. >> we are standing up for fair wages. we are standing up for affordable quality health care. we are standing up for our sha

mary lee. the heat is on this weekend. >>> that's right. we are talking about the heat also that spare ther's alerts. let's get to the heat. so, heat advisory in effect for most of the bay area due to hot temperatures. you can see that most of the bay area except for the coast, high at the .p in the 80s to the low 100s expected inland. now the spare the air alert. so the air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups in the east bay and santa clara valleych moderate from the north bay. south central bay, moderate air quality. so we have high pressure sinking air, trapping lewdants down to the surface and not a lot of that wind to mix everything out. we have fires burning to the north. so, hazy conditions as well with that with the smoke at least in the higher elevations. as we go through the day, 100 in concord. 100 fairfield. 94 free hemont. 91 in oakland and 87 for san francisco. let's check in with gianna for look at traffic and traffic concerns right? >>> we do have some as you work through mountainview. we start with a traffic alert. this is a double fatal crash. two people pari

we are dealing with still. mary lanes book "hitler's last hostages" explores the many ways in which for hitler also the deliberate destruction and looting of art was a key strategy. hitler wanted to control not only what the germans thought to what they saw. he wanted to limit creativity to arians alone. lanes book tells the stories, she told stories of artists who courageously fought against hitler's proclamation risking lives to create art and the story of more cowardly artist who saw it as hard as they could weather about hating jews or the proper use of canvas and paint. she tells him throwing stories about the victims of nazi art confiscations and the machinations of profiteers who sold the confiscated art outside germany Ãbwe are fortunate tonight to hear a few of the stories.mary, the book concentrates around one in the news story. when did you first hear this story? >> 4:00 a.m. november 2013 i was actually here in manhattan as the chief europeanan editor that about 1300 works had been found in the apartment of a recluse whose father who had been a dealer for the nazis. and

here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> president trump addresses the united nations general assembly today. his speech calls amid new calls for impeachment proceedings stemming from his phone call to the ukraine president in july. laura podesta is at the u.n. here in new york. laura, democrats are calling for more investigations, but what exactly is the president now saying about this private conversation? >> good morning, anne-marie. the president said it was a very innocent call, that the whistleblower does not have the correct facts and that's because the whistleblower does not have a firsthand account of what was said. president trump told reporters at the united nations he hoped they could see the transcript of a phone call between himself and the president of ukraine. >> because when u see the call, you're going to be very surprised. and i hope you see it frankly. >> but moments later he seemed reluctant to let it happen. >> i don't think it's a great precedent to be released calls with heads of foreign countries. >> in july they say he threatene

you. i'm anne-marie green. well, the third democratic presidential debate takes place tonight, and for the first time the top candidates will share the same stage. ten will face off in houston, texas. former vice president joe biden and senator elizabeth warren go head to head in a debate for the very first time. natalie brand is in houston. what can we expect to be the big topics tonight? >> reporter: well, good morning, anne-marie. voters here say they want to hear about issues central to texas. that includes immigration, recent mass shootings, of course we know health care is a big topic nationwide. but what's also unique about this debate, it will be taking place on a college campus. we spoke to students who said they will be listening closely for plans about tuition and education affordability. ten democratic candidates will square off in the lone star state tonight. >> hello, houston! >> reporter: texas southern university in houston hosts the third debate. it's the first one confined to a single night. >> we at least know looking at that stage that the nominee will emerge fr

headquarters here in new york, good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. lawmakers are moving forward with their impeachment inquiry into president trump. this morning the acting director of national intelligence will testify on capitol hill. for the first time, joseph maguire will speak publicly about a whistleblower complaint that's at the center of the impeachment inquiry. house democrats who read the document say that it's deeply disturbing. laura podesta is here in new york. what are democrats hoping to get out of maguire's testimony? >> reporter: they're hoping maguire will explain why he withheld the complaint from congress for weeks. maguire is not expected to reveal many details about the substance of the complaint. this morning marks the first opportunity for lawmakers to ask acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire about the whistleblower complaint involving president trump. >> what it relates to is serious, urgent, credible, and we should hear from the whistleblower. >> reporter: members of the house and senate intelligence committees reviewed the complaint

to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. hurricane dorian weakened to a category-three storm overnight with 120 mile-per-hour winds. it's expected to move dangerously close to florida's east coast later on today. more than a million people from florida, georgia, and south carolina have been ordered to evacuate. hurricane watches and warnings remain in effect across parts of those states, and nearly 4,500 members of the national guard are also at the ready in florida. cbs news weather producer david parkinson is tracking dorian's path. >> well, good morning. the storm has not moved. dorian is just stationary. look at it, it's spinning 100 or so miles off the florida coast. the winds now 120 miles per hour, and it is not moving. it hasn't moved since about 7:00 p.m. last night. a wider look shows you that we need that little area of brown, that trough, to start picking it up. we think that's going to start happening today. we do expect the storm to move to the north, probably be parallel with vero beach by this evening. by tomorrow morning it's parallel with about daytona beach. we've ta

2 and back made it clear at a meeting with un general assembly president mary espinosa the she hoped the upcoming climate gathering would lead to concrete action your comment will be some kind of break. in. where people start to realize what is actually going on and. so we have high expectations. and the mistakes to deliver. now turn back is counting on the support of her fellow campaigners all over the world and we'll continue to find that. going back to alexander for naaman in new york alexandra gretta wasn't really that well known in the states but has her presence there today been attracting more people to take part in the protests. i'd say it's probably the case because meanwhile she is a very prominent figure here in new york at least but i talked to some students about kreta and many told me that they really admired her and state think that her activists it's very important for pride is for future for this movement but also told me that they would be here anyway with or without threats out because they want to stand up for the future there's also another factor we need t

here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a big victory for president trump and the gop. last night republican dan bishop narrowly defeated democrat dan mccreedy in a special election in north carolina's ninth congressional district. the house race was seen as a referendum on president trump who easily won the district in 2016. laura podesta is here in new york. why was this so important for republicans? >> reporter: anne-marie, dan bishop's victory is a bright spot for a republican house delegation that lost 40 seats in the 2018 midterm elections. the north carolina state senator will keep red a seat republicans have held since 1963. still, the fact that the race was competitive may be troubling for the gop. [ cheers ] republican dan bishop narrowly won a special election in north carolina to become that state's next congressman. >> tonight is a victory shared by all who believe in the promise of america. [ cheers ] >> reporter: bishop is known by many outside the region as the state senator who wrote north carolina's controversial anti-trans

public service in this country since the 1600s. her name is marie coreen morrison clayburn boggs. everyone calls her lindsay. she raised three children. a daughter who was the mayor of princeton, new jersey. a son who is this city's leading lawyer lobbyist. another daughter, our own cokie roberts, who now tells her mother's story. >> that's my mother. she managed the children, she also managed the campaigns. every two years. >> she worked harder in this campaign than anybody else. this is for you from me. >> over the years with soft, southern manners and sharp political sense, they moved as a couple to the center of power in washington. a broker between democratic factions, my father went into the congressional leadership as his friend jack kennedy went into the white house. but too soon the exciting days turned into sad ones, though an even closer friend took over the presidency. with the hoopla of the great society, president johnson called on my mother to help set up the "head start" program. my father called on her to help with his office. my sister and i called on her to hel

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with you. i'm anne-marie green. house democrats have taken the first formal step in what could lead to the impeachment of president trump. yesterday house speaker nancy pelosi announced lawmakers are launching a formal impeachment inquiry. the decision follows a whistleblower complaint related to president trump's interaction with a foreign leader. laura podesta is here in new york. how is the president responding to this? >> reporter: he is not responding well. he calls it presidential harassment, the continuation of a witch hunt, and maintains his innocence. he will be meeting with the president of ukraine today as part of his three-day trip to the u.n. >> no one is above the law. >> reporter: house democrats are moving forward with a formal impeachment inquiry into president trump. >> calling upon a foreign power to intervene in his election. this is a breach of his constitutional responsibilities. >> reporter: speaker nancy pelosi made the decision after a recent surge in support from moderate democrats. >> i have one thing to say -- full speed ahead. >> reporter: it came follow

with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with an outbreak of severe weather overnight in the southeast as tropical depression imelda drenches the region. a flash flood emergency is in effect this morning for east texas. more than 20 inches of rain has fallen in winnie, just east of houston. yesterday several tornadoes touched down in houston. the area also got hit with heavy rain just in time for the evening rush hour commute. some parts received more than ten inches of rain. galveston spent most of yesterday under water. highways were flooded. a flash flood watch is in effect for southeheast texas and partsf louisiana through this evening. and more trouble could be on the way. there are currently six active named storms in the atlantic and eastern pacific basins. that ties a modern record set in 1992. hurricane lorraina's the latest to form, threatening southwestern mexico. >>> and now to the latest politician caught up in a racial scandal. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is pleading for forgiveness after a photo surfaced showing him wearing brown face make-up. the ph

york. how are storm victims coping? >> reporter: anne-marie, this is an unfortunate case of deja vu for a lot of these victims who just finished recovering from hurricane harvey in 2017. they say this storm when it comes to rainfall may be even worse than that disaster. longtime residents of southeast texas are devastated by what imelda brought. >> the fact that there's cars stranded and people are getting high water rescue, that's never happened in our time that we've lived here. >> reporter: from houston to beaumont, people say the flooding is worse than when hurricane harvey hit two years ago. >> we never flooded before, and we've had a lot worse rain than this, and it's never been this bad. >> reporter: more than 40 inches of rain fell in 72 hours. drivers were forced to abandon their cars. >> got the things that were important and put them in a backpack and just walked out. the water was about knee high. >> reporter: even this 18 wheeler couldn't handle the deluge. the driver was pulled up on to his truck by a man passing by who saw him in trouble. one man died when he drove his va

standards. lexus is alive look outside, a chance of rain across the bay area. mary is in the weather center. >> a foggy start, good morning. it is wednesday, september 18. >> let's get right over to mary to talk about this rain. what's going on? looks we are watching the cold front push across the region. in the north bay, bringing scattered showers. you can see the activity is lighting up the radar screen for the north bay. from cloverdale just across healdsburg through santa rosa. this is bodega bay, about to move into inverness this morning. scattered showers this morning as the cold front pushes through. we are looking at

killed was 59-year-old postal carrier mary granados. >> i basically heard her scream. >> reporter: we spoke to her identical twin sister, rosie, who was on the phone with mary when she was shot. people in the public are horrified to hear what happened. it's another mass shooting event, about a month after what happened in el paso. what are your thoughts? >> i think he could have taken her car without having to kill her, you know? he could have taken her car. that's all he needed. he didn't have to take my sister. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott. >> too many texans are mourning. too many texans have lost their lives. the status quo in texas is unacceptable. and action is needed. >> reporter: you know, when the shooting was happening, news of a gunman on the loose spread through social media on saturday. and that caused a lot of chaos and fear. maria villareal is joining us now. the social media was spreading faster than the police put out a warning. >> the fear that the videos created and the shoot-out created yesterday, spread so quickly. and it really had terrifying results.

it clear at a meeting with u.n. general assembly president mary espinosa the she hoped the upcoming climate gathering would lead to concrete action you are coming to be some kind of break. in. where people start to realize what is actually done and. so we have high expectations. and or the sense to deliver. now turn back to. counting on the support of her fellow campaigners all over the world and we'll continue in a high that. i taught us on the phone naaman in new york alexander has gotten books presence increased numbers well we not sure about that it looks like it's likely because we have to say that she was white the i'm known here in the you as but after her arrival here she has become sort of a problem in n.z. go here in new york but i talked to some students here about her and they told me that they know her they admired her they think that her activism is very important for this movement but they also told me that they would be here anyway with or without her and then the other thing that it's important to mention in this context is that the education department in new york

be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> well, president trump says he does not want to go to war following the attacks on saudi arabia's oil plant this weekend. mr. trump said it looks like iran is to blame. meanwhile attacks sent oil prices surging. gas prices here at home are expected to jump 10 to 25 cents. laura podesta is here in new york. laura, what is the president saying about all of this? >> well, when asked about it yesterday, the president essentially said not to worry, that they haven't risen very much so far and the u.s. has strategic oil reserves for situations like we're in right now. he said we'll dip into those reserves if necessary. president trump downplayed the saudi oil attack last night in new mexico. >> but a few years ago they would have been in a panic. today we've got a lot of oil, we've got a lot of gas. >> earlier at the white house, the commander in chief suggested iran is behind last weekend's attack on two saudi arabian oil plants. >> it's certainly looking that way at this moment. >> and while he added that he'd like to avoid military conflict, he

vision and dedication of women. in 1889 mary jeffrey gault and cindy tucker coleman founded the associate for the preservation of virginia now known as preservation virginia. their goal was to save and restore disappearing landscape and buildings that embody our colonial tradition . >> successfully securing mary washington frederick berg home. the women establish an organization, 130 years ago and has save more than 500,000 virginia historic places. never veering from the early ambition to acquire jamestown in 1893. obtaining 22 acres including the foundations of the old churches, within that first decade they brought guests and they convince congress to build a seawall preserving jamestown from further erosion. they made alliances with the colonial games of america, and many families of descendents. to construct this church, place monuments, markers, and gates in advance of the anniversary. connections between these organizations and this place of his doric memory remain resolute. in early years they launched an excavation to find the foundations for the first assembly met. alt

today, comparing some in the white house and that whistle-blower to spies. abc's mary bruce leads us off from the hill tonight. >> reporter: today on capitol hill, the acting director of national intelligence grilled. he was the one who kept the whistle-blower's report under wraps for weeks, going first to the white house instead of congress. today, he defended that decision. but when pressed, he also defended the whistle-blower. >> i think the whistle-blower did the right thing. i think he followed the law every step of the way. >> you don't have any reason to accuse them of disloyalty to our country or suggest they're beholden to some other country? >> sir, absolutely not. >> reporter: the whistle-blower claims "multiple u.s. government officials" informed him that "the president of the united states is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 u.s. election." the whistle-blower goes onto describe the president's phone call with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky. just yesterday, the white house released the transcript of that cal

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to i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning secretary of state mike pompeo is headed to saudi arabia following the attacks on oil facilities there. iran is suspected of carrying out the attacks this weekend but denies responsibility. this morning iran's president said he did not want conflict in the region, and he accused the u.s. and a saudi-led military coalition of starting a war in yemen. laura podesta is here in new york. laura, what can we expect from pompeo's visit? >> reporter: good morning. we're expecting some clarification. cbs news is hearing that today iran will officially be named as the country responsible for these attacks on saudi arabia. we're also expecting to find out what saudi arabia wants to do in response to those attacks and if the u.s. will coordinate with the kingdom. sear sta mikmp on toaudirabia in wake of the attack on the kingdom's oil industry. a senior diplomatic source tells cbs news that saudi arabia plans to directly blame iran later today. >> we're locked and loaded, and we're ready to defend our interests and our allies in the region. >> r